Asia

First Global Age:Asia(Freeman)

By anna_boddy
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    First Global Age:Asia(Freeman)

  • Nov 11, 1400

    Muslim and Italian Merchants Control Trade Between Europe and Asia

    Muslim and Italian Merchants Control Trade Between Europe and Asia
    The Muslims and Italians controlled trade through Europe to get to Asia. Nobody was allowed into that region, so traders looked for new routes to get to Asia.
  • Dec 24, 1400

    Prince Henry the Navigator

    Prince Henry the Navigator
    Prince Henry the navigator was a patron who started to discover parts of Africa.He wanted to spread out Christianity to the Africans.
  • Dec 31, 1400

    Ming Dynasty and Exploration

    Ming Dynasty and Exploration
    Zheng He was an important figure in the trading business for China's Ming Dynasty. He lead huge ships all over. After he died, China stopped their trading business and they will soon collapse.
  • Oct 12, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    Christopher was also looking for a new route to Asia. He was the one of the few people who knew the Earth was round. So, not knowing that there was a huge landmass between Asia and Europe, he discovered the Americas, He thought he was in Asia for a while.
  • Dec 14, 1493

    Line of Demarcation

    Line of Demarcation
    When Columbus gave out news, the Dutch and the Portuguese had the Christian Pope create a line for each amount of land that the countries get. That was known as the Line of Demarcation.
  • Nov 11, 1497

    Vasco Da Gama

    Vasco Da Gama
    He created a new route to get to Asia. He took his ships down Africa and past its peak. He created a new route to Asia for Europeans to trade to Southeast Asia.
  • Nov 14, 1511

    Alfonso de Alburquerque

    Alfonso de Alburquerque
    Him and his crew decided to go to the Island of Goa. He made his way into peace, but later, it ended in war. Alburquerque later gained Goa for Portugal.
  • Aug 10, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan
    Him and his crew hit South America after a long journey. His journey was supposed to be 3 weeks. Instead, it took months and he later died.
  • May 1, 1521

    Spain and the Philippines

    Spain and the Philippines
    Spain, entering the Philippines, decided to take it over. It ended in catastrophe for the Philipinos and the news caused Southeast Asia to watch out for the Europeans.
  • Feb 17, 1522

    Magellan's Crew

    Magellan's Crew
    After months of traveling, only about one tenth of his crew survived after circling around the whole globe. They were the first to do it out of everyone at that time.
  • Oct 31, 1543

    Portuguese and Japan

    Portuguese and Japan
    After being blown off course, the Portuguese reached Japan. The Japanese became welcome to the Europeans and they even learned how to shoot guns.

  • The Happy Return

    The Happy Return
    After a long trip from India and back, the Dutch were celebrated by what was known as the Happy Return.

  • The Dutch East India Company

    The Dutch East India Company
    It was a company that was founded in 1602 that allowed activities to the South Asians.

  • Japanese Ban Western Merchants

    Japanese Ban Western Merchants
    Because the Portuguese and the Spanish were taking over some countries, they became isolated to any European traders. They used to be open to the Europeans until the Japanese Shoguns became suspicious about the Europeans after what happened to the Philippines.